The ECHR is set to issue its ruling tomorrow on a high-profile press freedom v. privacy case that could have significant impact. Inforrm’s Blog reports: At 10.00am, Strasbourg time tomorrow 18 January 2011, the Court of Human Rights will give a written judgment on an application brought by MGN Limited against the United Kingdom. This…
Category: Non-U.S.
File-sharing Cases – ACS:Law Fails to Appear in Court After Trying to Drop Lawsuits, While France Moves Forward with Warnings
enigmax writes: Today a judge-ordered hearing took place in the Patents Court to decide how to handle all cases filed by ACS:Law against alleged file-sharers. Despite claims by the law firm that they have no fears of going to court, last week all the cases were dropped and today, supported by claims of “an unfortunate…
Interview: Roger Clarke, Australian Privacy Foundation
Richard Chirgwin of The Register interviewed Roger Clarke about the recent Vodafone breach. You can read the interview on their site, but here’s the part that caught my attention: El Reg: What does the Privacy Act have to say about “bad apple” incidents – where the company didn’t intend to make customer data public, but…
Google In Legal Challenge Against Spanish Privacy Laws
David Jones reports: A legal case pitting Internet search giant Google Inc. (GOOG) against Spanish privacy laws will be heard by a Spanish court Wednesday, a Google spokeswoman said. The case, a significant test of tightening privacy laws in the developed world, stems from a 2008 Google challenge to Spain’s Agency of Data Protection, a…